Preface 1. Introduction Part I. Property Law 2. Definition, Justification, and Emergence of Property Rights 3. Division of Property Rights 4. Acquisition and Transfer of Property 5. Conflict and Cooperation in the Use of Property: The Problem of Externalities 6. Public Property 7. Property Rights in Information Part II. Accident Law 8. Liability and Deterrence: Basic Theory 9. Liability and Deterrence: Firms 10. Extensions of the Analysis of Deterrence 11. Liability, Risk-Bearing, and Insurance 12. Liability and Administrative Costs Part III. Contract Law 13. Overview of Contracts 14. Contract Formation 15. Production Contracts 16. Other Types of Contract Part IV. Litigation and the Legal Process 17. Basic Theory of Litigation 18. Extensions of the Basic Theory 19. General Topics on the Legal Process Part V. Public Law Enforcement and Criminal Law 20. Deterrence with Monetary Sanctions 21. Deterrence with Nonmonetary Sanctions 22. Extensions of the Theory of Deterrence 23. Incapacitation, Rehabilitation, and Retribution 24. Criminal Law Part VI. General Structure of the Law 25. The General Structure of the Law and Its Optimality Part VII. Welfare Economics, Morality, and the Law 26. Welfare Economics and Morality 27. Implications for the Analysis of Law 28. Income Distributional Equity and the Law 29. Concluding Observations References Author Index Subject Index